Improvement in ticket-holders



G. M. VAN BUREN. TICKET HOLDER.

No. 98,448 Patented Dec. 28. 1869.

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Letters Patent No. 98,448, dated December 28, 1869.

IMPROVEMENT m TICKET-HOLDERS.

The Schedu1e referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of thesame.

Teal! whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE M. VAN BUREN, of the city of New York,county, and State of New York, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Railroad Ticket-Boxes; and I do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full, clear, and exactdescription thereof, referencebeing bad to the accompanying drawing, making part of thisspecification, in which- Figure 1 is a front view.

Figure 2 is a section of fig. 1.

The nature of this invention consists in the manner of constructing theupper end or opening of the box, so that while the tickets are retainedin the receptacle by the top or lid, yet the front ticket may be exposedto view, and the top be easilyopened to draw out the ticket when wantedfor use.

The box is made with a partition .in the middle, and. alike at bothends, and can be used for dili'erent railroads, ferries, 8:0.

This box or ticket-holder may be made of any orna-' mental form, and ofsuitable metal, papier-mache, vulcanite, or any of the materials usedfor card-boxes, &c.

In the drawing A is the body of the box, having receptacles A A open atthe ends.

B is the lid, and a is the opening on the side, near the end, ofsuflicient depth to show the card, and yet not deep enough to allow itto fall out. This opening need not extend across the box at the bottompart, but "may he in a curved line, or waved, or in any other shape, asthe intention is to permitthe particular color or distinctivecharacteristics of the cards or tickets to be seen at a glance, as wellas to afford an easy access contained cards tend to arrange themselvesupon this oblique bottom in the form of steps, each card being-s alittle higher than'the one immediately behind it, an

arrangement which greatly facilitates the taking hold and withdrawing asingle card without disturbinglor removing any or the others.

Many persons travelling'on city passenger-railways, and thence to otherroutes, either stages, steaniers,' ferries, and general railroadsleading out of the cities, experience inconveniece in readily getting attheir tickets. By this simple arrangement their tickets may be placedeach in its proper receptacle, and at a glance the proper ticket can berecognized and readily removed.

Having thus fully described my invention, I do not claim the use of abox ticket-holder with a lid, as visiting-cards, and many others, arethus held; but

What I do claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patentof the United States, is-

A ticket-holder, constructed with a portion of one side at the end leftoff, whereby the contents may be seen, in connection with thecovering-lid B, and diagonal division -plate b, substantially as and forthe purpose described. I

GEORGE M. VAN BUREN.

Witnesses:

T. H. N. MGPHERSON, J. M. YZNAGA.

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